tränken
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German trenken, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan (“to cause to drink”). Cognate with Dutch drenken, English drench.
Verb
[edit]tränken (weak, third-person singular present tränkt, past tense tränkte, past participle getränkt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to water (provide animals with water)
- Die Einwohner tränken ihr Vieh bis heute an natürlichen Wasserlöchern.
- The inhabitants water their livestock at natural waterholes to this day.
- (transitive, archaic or poetic) to give (a person) drink
- (transitive) to soak, drench, saturate (something absorbent in a liquid) [with mit or in]
- Die Kleider der Opfer waren mit Blut getränkt.
- The victims’ clothes were soaked in blood.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | tränken | ||||
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present participle | tränkend | ||||
past participle | getränkt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tränke | wir tränken | i | ich tränke | wir tränken |
du tränkst | ihr tränkt | du tränkest | ihr tränket | ||
er tränkt | sie tränken | er tränke | sie tränken | ||
preterite | ich tränkte | wir tränkten | ii | ich tränkte1 | wir tränkten1 |
du tränktest | ihr tränktet | du tränktest1 | ihr tränktet1 | ||
er tränkte | sie tränkten | er tränkte1 | sie tränkten1 | ||
imperative | tränk (du) tränke (du) |
tränkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]tränken
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